Collection Time Period

Record Description

This index is an electronic database of information. The entries are primarily from the IGI along with some entries derived from compiled and original records such as:

Family Records

Church Records

Civil Registration

It may also include indexes generated by the internet indexing project sponsored by the LDS Church.

There may be entries that cite a specific source such as the following:

"Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850: a Family Register for the People" by James Arnold

"Paul Dingwell Genealogical Collection" by Paul Dingwell

A county or state vital record registration

These entries are in this collection for one of the following reasons:

They were submitted by private individuals to the LDS Church and as such are part of the IGI resulting in their inclusion in this index.

They have been indexed through the internet indexing project sponsored by the LDS Church. If this is the case, the index they are a part of has been included as part of this database.

The Vital Record Index databases are not necessarily intended to index any specific set of records although some sub-indexes (an index to a set of records within the database) have been found. When we identify a sub-index, we remove it from the database and post it separately on FamilySearch under its appropriate title.

This index is not complete for any particular place or region.

Record Content

The key genealogical facts found in marriage index entries may include:

Name of the bride and groom

Names of the parents

Marriage date

Marriage place

Family History Library Microfilm and item numbers for the source materials

Coverage Table

This collection is a partial index of records for the localities listed below as of April 2010. The table below shows the number of records by locality. Localities not listed may not have any records in this collection.

Most of these records date from the time period indicated in the columns below; however, there may be records before and after these dates. Record counts where the locality information was incomplete are included below under the country name. Because of this, you may wish to search only by state.

As this is an index of records compiled from various sources, it is strongly recommended that you verify the information in original records. Due to privacy laws not all records may be displayed.

Locality

Births and Christenings, 1866-1964

Marriages, 1759-1979

Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994

Alamance

0

37,406

31,515

Alexander

0

4,210

4,750

Alleghany

0

9,191

3,306

Anson

5,462

29,364

10,698

Ashe

3,949

27,164

13,581

Avery

3,406

5,389

5,988

Beaufort

2,296

20,686

23,973

Bertie

0

19,167

8,538

Bladen

0

6,347

8,332

Brunswick

20,802

18,587

9,958

Buncombe

904

72,798

108,597

Burke

0

10,460

29,726

Cabarrus

0

40,550

33,076

Caldwell

0

12,560

17,282

Camden

0

5,303

985

Carteret

0

20,081

14,176

Caswell

0

45,686

3,347

Catawba

0

23,979

34,647

Chatham

0

6,802

9,081

Cherokee

0

0

7,814

Chowan

0

13,314

7,933

Clay

0

3,602

843

Cleveland

0

15,577

32,130

Columbus

0

12,553

18,368

Craven

0

20,663

28,068

Cumberland

124

24,945

68,823

Currituck

0

5,399

1,394

Dare

0

3,145

2,201

Davidson

844

4,791

29,083

Davie

0

27,875

6,351

Duplin

0

6,980

12,672

Durham

347

1,963

116,207

Edgecombe

0

30,928

21,233

Forsyth

308

18,030

131,570

Franklin

0

22,465

10,898

Gaston

333

7,950

75,213

Gates

0

19,871

1,898

Graham

0

0

956

Granville

0

21,185

16,477

Greene

0

0

1,803

Guilford

188

55,959

124,218

Halifax

106

23,406

29,249

Harnett

0

20,749

18,772

Haywood

0

6,281

18,134

Henderson

0

6,893

24,670

Hertford

0

22,656

12,691

Hoke

0

3,094

5,547

Hyde

0

5,931

1,485

Iredell

0

4,152

34,616

Jackson

870

7,828

7,240

Johnston

0

36,644

22,523

Jones

103

7,229

1,591

Lee

0

1,821

15,401

Lenoir

0

21,669

30,470

Lincoln

0

5,961

12,229

Macon

0

1,341

7,829

Madison

0

1,496

4,246

Martin

0

16,057

9,447

McDowell

0

9,066

10,649

Mecklenburg

279

67,080

162,157

Mitchell

0

8,996

4,464

Montgomery

0

14,340

7,251

Moore

3,573

17,712

24,463

Nash

0

23,776

35,320

New Hanover

7,214

48,002

59,018

North Carolina

51,516

295,996

411,047

Northampton

4,597

15,813

5,485

Onslow

0

4,882

26,077

Orange

0

27,321

33,162

Pamlico

0

8,539

2,003

Pasquotank

0

34,082

18,703

Pender

0

2,296

7,692

Perquimans

2,936

17,010

2,476

Person

0

4,163

9,021

Pitt

5,606

46,922

40,891

Polk

0

5,647

6,929

Randolph

0

23,275

20,581

Richmond

0

25,039

17,157

Robeson

0

5,521

41,653

Rockingham

0

31,118

30,567

Rowan

0

30,495

43,017

Rutherford

7,455

18,979

19,278

Sampson

8,509

10,301

17,762

Scotland

0

0

14,184

Stanly

0

14,551

15,092

Stokes

0

9,387

5,394

Surry

2,118

30,217

21,534

Swain

3,603

3,149

4,562

Transylvania

0

8,748

10,456

Tyrrell

0

6,099

1,672

Union

5,455

24,726

20,505

Vance

4,569

44,320

18,418

Wake

0

122,982

102,222

Warren

0

33,194

6,089

Washington

1,551

10,030

5,285

Watauga

0

5,475

8,355

Wayne

7,133

26,718

46,191

Wilkes

0

4,525

15,415

Wilson

0

28,397

37,659

Yadkin

0

19,737

6,234

Yancey

0

13,632

2,670

Total

156,156

2,128,391

2,742,609

How to Use the Record

Use this index to help you learn more about your ancestors. The information could help you identify family relationships and lineages as well as direct you to original records of your ancestors, which may contain additional information.

Finding the Original Source for an Entry in This Collection

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Record History

For over 30 years, volunteer indexers extracted this information from microfilm copies of the original records. In 1998, a few of the entries were published on 7 CDs by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the "North America Vital Records Index." This is an index of some marriages throughout North Carolina. The index is not necessarily complete for any particular place or region.

Why This Record Was Created

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sponsored this index to help individuals find information about their ancestors.

Record Reliability

Church records and civil registration were official records and are some of the most reliable sources of information available for those who were born, married, or died in North Carolina.

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